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Harris (W. Cornwallis) : PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

ISBN 9780620083928

[Animali- Natura](cm. 43,8) Piena tela editoriale, titolo in oro al dorso e testa d'alce in oro al piatto. sovracoperta con alette, figurata. -pp.175 + 30 tavole a colori. E' la riproduzione fac simile del volume pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1840. Dato l'interesse per la storia naturale e alle sue osservazioni, L'Autore durante i suoi viaggi abbozzava su carta degli schizzi di paesaggi, animali, piante, convertite poi in litografie da F. Howard e dipinte a mano, realizzando un'importante opera di interesse zoologico e storico. Bellissimo volume in perfette condizioni, unica notazione lievi segni d'uso alla piegatura delle alette della sovracoperta.. Libro. Book Condition: molto buono. Binding: Rilegato

Harris (W. Cornwallis) : PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

16 page introduction by Frank Bradlow, imperial folio (595 x 430 mm), colour title page, map, 30 fine colour plates, pages edges dyed dark red, full brown Rhodesian buffalo leather titled and decorated gilt on the back, some light scuffing of the leather and rippling of the endpapers, contents and plates are in excellent condition. No. 550 of the facsimile reprint edition limited to 550 copies

Of the edition of 550 copies the last ten were presentation copies bound in full buffalo leather. This copy was presented to Cecily Mackie Niven, daughter of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and bears her name on a small gilt label at the bottom of the upper cover.The best of the reprints of Harris's fine folio volume. The plates are reproduced to the actual size of the original and the text is reproduced in full together with all the chapter tailpieces. Frank Read founded his own private press in Mazoe in the 1960's and the production of the 'Portraits of the Game' required that a new hand-fed flatbed lithographic press be specially built. This type of press was selected so that the colour printing technique would approximate as closely as possible to the methods used in the original printing of 1840.

Harris (W. Cornwallis) : PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

16 page introduction by Frank Bradlow, imperial folio (595 x 430 mm), colour title page, map, 30 fine colour plates, quarter brown Rhodesian buffalo leather titled and decorated gilt on the back, green cloth, a fine copy in the original cardboard box in which it was dispatched from the publisher in Mazoe. No. 392 of the facsimile reprint edition limited to 540 copies

The best of the reprints of Harris's fine folio volume. The plates are reproduced to the actual size of the original and the text is reproduced in full together with all the chapter tailpieces. Frank Read founded his own private press in Mazoe in the 1960's and the production of the 'Portraits of the Game' required that a new hand-fed flatbed lithographic press be specially built. This type of press was selected so that the colour printing technique would approximate as closely as possible to the methods used in the original printing of 1840.

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